nipping [ˈnɪpɪŋ]

例句:

• The postman ran away with the dog nipping at his heel.
  邮递员跑开了,狗在身后紧追着要咬他.
  
• Wayne is always nipping down to the corner shop for him.
  韦恩总是一溜烟跑到街角商店找他。
  
• He's nipping when I came in.
  我走进去时他正一小口一小口地抿酒呢。
  
• It is a nipping and an eager air.
  来自Hamlet,Shakespeare
• Nipping out of the gallery again... back in a moment.
  来自BBC
• The other weekend, though, I finally started nipping away.
  来自WSJ